33 Engineer Regiment (EOD&S) is a regiment of the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces ...

. It is based at

Carver Barracks Carver Barracks is a British Army base on the former site of RAF Debden, approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden, in Essex. The nearest town is Saffron Walden. It is occupied by explosive ordnance disposal & search regiments of the ...

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Organization

Today the regiment consists of: * 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD&S), in

Wimbish Wimbish is a small rural village and civil parish located 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Saffron Walden, in the Uttlesford district of Essex in the East of England. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referr ...

** Regimental HQ and HQ Troop **49 Field Squadron (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search) **58 Field Squadron (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search) **Explosive Ordnance Clearance Group * Previous Squadrons, no longer part of 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD&S) **821 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Squadron. Disbanded in 2023. ***821 EOD&S Sqn supported HQ 3 Cdo Brigade and HQ 16 AA Brigade with Commando and Airborne trained EOD&S soldiers.

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External links

* Regiments of the Royal Engineers {{UK-mil-unit-stub